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"Bus" and "Truck" terminologies invite you to imagine your coworkers being crushed to death. This isn't great. I've always preferred the term "lottery factor".
by RIMR 2y ago
"Bus" and "Truck" terminologies invite you to imagine your coworkers being crushed to death. This isn't great.
I've always preferred the term "lottery factor". If this employee won the lottery (almost certainly leaving their day job behind), would you be able to survive their sudden departure?
- dragonwriter 2y agoOver 30-ish years of work, I’ve lost about 0 coworkers without warning or transition to lotteries or similar events, and more than a few (whether permanently or for an extended period) to unexpected sudden death, injury (traffic related being particularly common), or other unheralded misfortune (law enforcement involvement, on a short out of country trip and then encountered visa issues, whatever.) “Bus factor” is a more realistic reflection of the threat model, and resonates with experiences anyone who has been working more than a short time probably has more than “lottery factor”.